Conflict of Interest — Representation of Client Adverse to Former Client.

June 11, 1987

It is not improper for an attorney to represent a plaintiff against a defendant
who was a former client if the matters are not the same or substantially
related to the earlier representation and no confidences or secrets were earned
in the prior representation which could be used to the advantage of the former
client. [DR:4-101(B)(3); DR:5-105(D); LE Op. 672, LE Op. 662, LE Op. 635, LE
Op. 441 and LE Op. 284]